Clymene Urging Phaeton to Find Helios, 1589

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series Title

Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1 (plate 20)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.5 x 26.3 cm (7 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

sheet: 21 x 30.5 cm (8 1/4 x 12 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 551, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.161

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

in plate, along lower edge: Opprobys Epaphi Phaeton marcescit amaris / Quamq potest Clymenen ut ferat oratopen / Illa sui solis radiantia lumina monstras / Per Styga, perq deos deierat ese patrem

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: 527

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 551, ii/ii.